Forty-eight such attacks on children and adults were verified from 1998 through 2003, compared to 41 attacks during the period 1988 through 1997; most incidents occurred in Southern California near the suburban-wildland interface.” (Coyote Attacks: An Increasing Suburban Problem, Timm and Baker ’...
In contrast, wolf heads are larger and more pronounced in proportion to the size of their bodies, with broader snouts and powerful jaws that enable them to tackle larger prey. Compared to coyotes, wolves have shorter and less prominent ears; while still effective, their sense of hearing may ...
The ubiquitous coyote is found throughout North America from eastern Alaska to New England and south through Mexico to Panama. It originally ranged primarily in the northwest corner of the US, but it has adapted readily to the changes caused by human occupation and, in the past 200 years, ha...
As I passed one of the den-sites on June 19th, I heard either firecrackers or gunshots — I recorded some of these deafening blasts which came one right after another (above recording). We humans may forget how super-sensitive coyote ears are compared to ours: just look at the size of ...
They can easily be muscled out of prime hunting locations by dint of their smaller size compared with the largest apex predators. This is not helped by the fact that the diet of coyotes and wolves often converge. Like all species, these animals are affected by human activity. Hunting is ...
and all kinds of pollution. And we can usually smell food gone bad. Sounds like a lot, but it’s unimpressive when compared to other animals. We gather information mostly through sight and language. Being able to smell odors and their meaningsfor the most partisn’t critical to human survi...
Local population densities were slightly higher, and survival rates for pups were five times higher compared to rural populations. In contrast to demographic patterns, behavioral responses to urbanization, including home range size, avoidance of developed land cover, activity budget, and diet, were ...
“intruders”. This is one of the reasons they do not make good pets.Another reason is that they need lots of individual affection and care — much like a human child — which is, of course, what their parents give them. They are intelligent, aggressive (compared to most domestic dogs)...
The stepped-frequency microwave radiometer (SFMR) is an instrument on the AF C-130 and NOAA WP-3D aircraft that provides estimates of the surfacewind speedand rain rate within the storm environment (Uhlhorn and Black 2003;Uhlhorn et al., 2007). The SFMR performs fairly well compared to GPS...
Hate me if you wish, but compared to consumers, manufacturers are a special interest. 13 million people or so are employed in US manufacturing firms, out of a total workforce of about 160 million, or something like 8%. And by no means are these all in jobs vulnerable to foreign competiti...